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No. 706,395. Patented Aug. 5, I902.

P. M. DE JONG.

ENDLESS BELT CONVEYER.

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PETER M. DE JONG, OF NORTON COUNTY, KANSAS.

ENDLESS-BELT CONVEYER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 706,395, dated August 5, 1902.

Application filed August 1, 1901. Serial No. 70,546. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER M. DE JONG, a citizen of the United States,residing in Norton county, near Prairieview, Phillips county, State of Kansas, which is my post-office, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Endless-Belt Oonveyers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to conveyers of cars of corn, and has for one of its objects to provide a device of that description to convey the corn to a sheller without having to be handled manually.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device that may be driven into a pile of corn or into a corncrib and feed the corn directly to the sheller.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device that will loosen the corn in the most compact pile and handle it with ease.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for regulating the number of cars to be fed to the sheller.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of my invention; Fig. 2, a rear view in elevation; Figs. 3 and 4, end views of my device in elevation; Fig. 5, a view, partly in section, of the screw-jack; Figs. 6 and 7, views of the telescoping shaft. I

In the drawings, in which similar reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several views, 1 represents bars or tubes of metal laid parallel to each other. The bars 1 are joined together by rods or tubes 2 and braced as may be desired. This construction forms the base of my machine.

Near the rear of the rods 1 are secured standards 3, on which are journaled the shaft 4, while near the front of the rods 1 is journaled the shaft 5. The rods 6, extending from the journals of the shaft at to the journals of the shaft 5, serve to brace the machine. The shafts at and 5 are provided with sprocketwheels 7, over which are run the aprons 8 by the mechanism hereinafter described.

Forward of the standards 3 are secured standards 9, which are secured to the rods 1 and 6. Journaled on the standards 9 is a shaft 10, carrying the sprocket-wheels 11 12 at its ends and the beveled gear-wheel 13intermediate thereof. The shaft 10 derives its power through the beveled gear-wheel 13 on the shaft 14. and the sprocket-wheel 22 on the shaft 23, journaled in the trough 18.

24.1'epresents a slide at the end of the trough 18 to direct the corn into the trough 25. j The trough 25 is pivotally mounted on the pedestal 26 by means of the shaft 27 and has the apron 28 therein, which is kept in motion by means of the shaft 29 and beveled gear-Wheel 30, that meshes with a beveled gear on the top edge of a horizontal Wheel 31, journaled on the shaft 27.

represents a beveled gear-wheel, keyed to the shaft 33, which meshes with a beveled gear on the lower edge of the horizontal wheel 31, while 34 represents a sprocket-wheel keyed to the shaft 33, which is connected to a sprocket-wheel 35 on the shaft 14: by the chain 36.

It will be readily understood from the construction of trough 25 that it may be swung in any desired direction relative to the trough 18, and the motion of the apron 28 will not be interrupted.

As it often occurs that ear-corn after standing in a crib for some time will become closely packed and would not yield to the action of the rods 37 on the endless apron 8, to provide against such a contingency I provide a roller 38, journaled on the base-pieces 1, forward of the aprons 8, having the stud 39, which first enters the pile of corn and serves to agitate and loosen the pile, as Well as throw the corn over on the aprons 8. Journaled on the standards 3 is another studded roller 40, which is designed to prevent the corn from too rapidly entering the trough 18, While the studded roller 41, under the apron, serves to throw into the trough any ears that might become caught in the aprons 8. These studded rollers are kept in motion by means of the chain 42, running over a sprocket-wheel 43 on the end of each studded roller and sprocket-wheel 12 on the end of shaft 10. is an idler.

Sprocket-wheel 44 The board 4E5 is provided to pre vent any ears jumping over the studded roller dles fixed thereto and a bar 50, threaded to fit the threaded portion 48. At the end of the bar 50 is fixed a spike 51, adapted to be driven in the ground, While the outer end of the sleeve portion 47 may be provided with a clamping device for attaching it to the frame of the conveyer.

In event I may desire to connect the shaft of the conveyer directly to the shaft of the sheller, I provide a telescopic shaft 52, which may be fastened to the shafts of the conveyer and sheller, respectively, by any suitable means, the end ofthe barrel portion 53 of the telescopic shaft 52 having a square hole therein adapted to receive the square rod 54 of said shaft.

To facilitate the movement of the conveyer, I mount it on rollers 55, which may be loosely mounted to swing in any direction.

The operation is as follows: Push the device into the pile of corn to the depth desired by means of the screw-jacks 46 and start the machinery. The studded roller 38 will then begin throwing the ears of corn into the aprons 8, and they will be carried upward by the slats 37 and dropped into the trough 18. The apron 19 will then carry the corn to the slide 24, from whence it will pass to the conveyer 25 and be carried on the apron 28 to the sheller.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a conveyer for feeding corn to a sheller, an endless apron, a studded roller journaled above the point of delivery of said apron, means for rotating said roller and operating said apron,'and a trough below the delivery-point of said apron and arranged to carry the corn in a direction at right angles to the direction of the apron, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a conveyer, an upwardly-traveling endless apron, a studded roller under the point of delivery to prevent ears of corn following the returning portion of said endless apron, means to rotate said roller and actuate said apron, and a trough below the delivery-point of said apron and arranged to carry the corn in a direction at right angles to the direction of the apron, substantially as shown and described.

3. In aconveyer, an inclined endless apron, a trough below the point of delivery thereof, an endless apron in said trough, a slide at the delivery end of said trough, a frame arranged below said slide containing an endless apron, said frame being pivoted to swing in a horizontal plane, and means to simultaneously actuate said aprons, substantially as shown and described.

4. In an endless conveyer, endless aprons arranged to travel upward over an inclined plane, a suitably-supported apron arranged below said inclined apron running in a direction at right angles to said apron and adapted to deliver into a trough pivoted to swing on a shaft in a horizontal plane, a horizontal wheel journaled on the shaft on which is pivoted said trough, a beveled gear on the top and bottom edge of said horizontal wheel, a beveled gear meshing with the beveled gear on top of said horizontal wheel to drive an endless apron in said trough, and a beveled gear suitably mounted, meshing with the beveled gear on the bottom edge of said horizontal wheel, and connected with the source of power, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a conveyer for feeding corn to a sheller, studded rollers, an endless apron, slats on said apron, a trough below the delivery-point from said apron, an endless apron in said trough, a swinging trough to receive the ears of corn from the first mentioned trough, an endless apron in said swinging trough, and means for actuating said studded rollers and endless apron, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a conveyer for feeding corn to a sheller, a frame having a perpendicular back portion and a slanting front, a shaft journaled at the front of the base, a shaft journaled on said perpendicular back portion, sprocket-wheels on said shafts, an endless apron supported by said sprocket-wheels, a

studded roller journaled to said perpendicular back portion below said endless apron, and means for operating said studded roller and endless apron, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my signature in the presence of witnesses.

PETER M. DE JONG. Witnesses:

D. B. CLoosE, W. H. G000, WM. H. HILER. 

